Ferroelectric materials, the charge equivalent of magnets, have been the subject of
continued research interest since their discovery more than 100 years ago. The …

In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

Abstract Machines are systems that harness input power to extend or advance function.
Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms to …

Lead-based electroceramics such as Pb (Zr. Ti) O3 (PZT) and its derivatives have excellent
piezoelectric, pyroelectric and energy storage properties and can be used in a wide range of …

The rapid development of the fifth-generation mobile networks (5G) and Internet of Things
(IoT) is inseparable from a large number of miniature, low-cost, and low-power sensors and …

Flying insects are able to hover and perform agile maneuvers by relying on their flapping
wings to produce control forces, as well as flight forces, due to the absence of tail control …

We present a high coupling coefficient, k eff 2, micromechanical resonator based on the
propagation of SH0 Lamb waves in thin, suspended plates of single crystal X-cut lithium …

Commonly encountered problems in the manipulation of objects with robotic hands are the
contact force control and the setting of approaching motion. Microelectromechanical systems …

Tiny “gnat robots,” weighing just a few milligrams, were first conjectured in the 1980s. How to
stabilize one if it were to hover like a small insect has not been answered. Challenges …

In recent years, piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have attracted
attention as next-generation functional microdevices. Typical applications of piezoelectric …